Donald Trump Signs Executive Order in Favor of Plastic Drinking Straws

A photo of President Donald Trump signing his new executive order against paper straw-use.Photo:Andrew Harnik/Getty; Getty Andrew Harnik/Getty; Getty PresidentDonald Trumpis looking to end the nationwide use of paper straws. He signed anexecutive orderon Monday, Feb. 10, encouraging the U.S. government and public to go back to using plastic straws following the Biden administration’s push to phase out the single-use plastics. Trump’s administration described the paper straws in the executive order as “nonfunctional” and more “expensive” to make than plastic straws.

Donald Trump Upset Flags Will Fly at Half-Staff to Honor Jimmy Carter During His Inauguration: 'Nobody Wants to See This'

Donald Trump; Jimmy Carter.Photo:Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty, Jessica McGowan/Getty Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty, Jessica McGowan/Getty Donald Trumpis not happy that United States flagswill still be at half-staffin honor ofJimmy Carterwhen he is inaugurated later this month. Expressing his opinion about the gesture honoring the former president, whodiedon Dec. 29 at 100, Trump, 78, shared a post onTruth Socialon Friday, Jan. 3, writing that “nobody wants to see this." “The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration,” the president-elect continued.

Donald Trump Would Be Convicted of Defrauding U.S. in 2020 Election if He Weren't President-Elect, DOJ Asserts

President Donald Trump at the White House in 2020.Photo: Erin Schaff - Pool/Getty The Justice Department’sfinal reportabout the election subversion case againstDonald Trumpwas released on Tuesday, Jan. 14, revealing new details about how the 45th president allegedly tried clinging to power after losing reelection in 2020. “Indeed, but for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the Presidency, the Office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial," the report stated.

Donald Trump's Felony Conviction Will Remain Despite Supreme Court's Immunity Decision, N.Y. Judge Rules

Former President Donald Trump sits in court for the first day of his Manhattan criminal trial on April 15, 2024.Photo:Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty President-electDonald Trump’s felony conviction will stand for now, a New York judge ruled on Monday, Dec. 16. The Supreme Court’ssweeping presidential immunity rulingin July called Trump’sguilty verdict on 34 feloniesinto question, as his lawyers argued that some evidence shown to jurors would no longer be permitted because it involved his official actions as president.

Donald Trump's Surgeon General Pick Was Involved in Tragic Childhood Gun Accident That Killed Her Father

Donald Trump, Janette Nesheiwat.Photo:James Devaney/GC Images; Terry Wyatt/Getty James Devaney/GC Images; Terry Wyatt/Getty President-electDonald Trump’s surgeon general nominee was involved in a tragic gun accident as a teenager that killed her father. At age 13, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat — who was announced as Trump’s pick to become the “nation’s doctor” in November — accidentally knocked a handgun off a shelf, fatally shooting her father,The New York Timesreported. Nesheiwat told police in the report she entered her father’s bedroom while he was sleeping to try to find scissors.